He keeps a positive attitude, but says it’s hard being on a waiting list and waiting for the phone to ring. He helped another resident in need of a kidney, also named Jim, put his search on a billboard and on bumper stickers last year. Eugene Melnyk, billionaire owner of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, made a public plea for a living liver donor in 2015. He had end-stage liver failure and neither his family nor friends were medically suitable donors. 1 cause of kidney failure in Canada is diabetes.

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 13:52 UTC